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2001 SESSION
000981872Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 23-38.55 and 23-38.56 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 23-38.55. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the meanings ascribed to them by this section:
(a) "Senior citizen" shall mean means any person who, before the beginning of
any term, semester or quarter in which such person claims entitlement to the
benefits of this chapter, (i) has reached sixty years of age and (ii) has
had his legal domicile in this Commonwealth for one year. Such person need not
have established domicile, as defined in § 23-7.4, in the Commonwealth.
(b) "Course" shall mean means any course of study offered in any state
institution of higher education including the regular curriculum of any department, or school, or subdivision of
any such institution or any special course given for any purpose, including,
but not limited to, adult education.
(c) [Repealed.]
Nothing in this section shall be construed to exclude any other rules and requirements now or hereafter made applicable for all other persons with respect to residency in this Commonwealth by a state institution of higher learning.
§ 23-38.56. Attendance at state institutions; conditions.
A senior citizen shall be permitted, under regulations as may be prescribed by the State Council of Higher Education:
(i) To register for and enroll in courses as a full-time or part-time student for academic credit if such senior citizen had a taxable individual income not exceeding $10,000 for Virginia income tax purposes for the year preceding the year in which enrollment is sought;
(ii) To register for and audit courses offered for academic credit; and
(iii) To register for and enroll in courses not offered for academic credit in any state institution of higher education in this Commonwealth.
Such senior citizen shall pay no tuition or fees except fees established for
the purpose of paying for course materials, such as laboratory fees, but shall
be subject to the admission requirements of the institution and a determination
by the institution of its ability to offer the course or courses for which the
senior citizen registers. The State Council of Higher Education shall establish
procedures to ensure that tuition-paying students are accommodated in courses
before senior citizens participating in this program are enrolled. However,
theIn addition, the State Council shall establish procedures for
granting priority in accommodating senior citizens seeking
enrollment pursuant to this chapter to those senior citizens who have
established domicile in the Commonwealth, as defined in § 23-7.4. The state
institutions of higher education may make individual exceptions to these procedures when the senior citizen has completed
seventy-five percent of the requirements for a degree.